Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008

The Pokémon Video Game Showdown was a massive Pokémon video game tournament held alongside the 2008 World Championships. It pitted 128 players against each other in two age groups: the Senior Division and Junior Division. This tournament was, starting in 2009, replaced with the Pokémon Video Game Championships.

Logo

Artwork

Contest workings

128 players assemble in a playing area, and pairs of players are randomly selected to play against each other at small tables with poles with numbers on them and two Nintendo DS Lite systems which are connected to an internal machine by wires; the DS cartridges are inserted into slots on the table. The battles are Double Battles and use the Double Cup rules. Players are gradually eliminated as they lose, until eight remain. These eight will go to the championships in Orlando, Florida. However, the contest continues on to decide the winner of a Wii, three extra Wii Remotes, and a copy of Pokémon Battle Revolution.

Qualifier tournaments

Two qualifier tournaments in the US and two in Japan decide who the top sixteen in each age group of each country are. These 64 players went to the championships in Orlando, Florida on August 15, 2008.

Championships

The championships were held in Orlando, Florida on August 15, 2008.

Event Pokémon

During the championships, a Lucario was distributed to players who attended the event.

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
LUCARIO	♂	Dex No.	0448	Adamant nature.	Fighting	Force Palm
Lv. 30		Type			Ground	Bone Rush
		Fighting	Steel	Pokémon Event	Fire	Sunny Day
		OT	WORLD08	Apparently had a	Fire	Blaze Kick
		ID No.	08178	fateful encounter at	This Pokémon was available in the United States on August 17, 2008.
Item		Ability		Lv. 30.
Leftovers		Inner Focus
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from the Poké Mart.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: PBR Ranch Ra SoA GS Distribution

Tournament tree

Junior Division

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship Match
	1	Shouta Yokoyama
	32	Bye
						1	Shouta Yokoyama
						16	Kento Mikata
	17	Rayad Khan
	16	Kento Mikata
											16	Kento Mikata
										8	Mychael Bryan
	9	Kousuke Shimizu
	24	Riho Maeda
						9	Riho Maeda
						8	Mychael Bryan
	25	Nagisa Marui
	8	Mychael Bryan
																16	Kento Mikata
																21	Genki Taketomi
	26	Misato Morioka
	10	Vincent Taylor
						28	Vincent Taylor
						12	Genki Taketomi
	21	Genki Taketomi
	12	Joshua Winfield
											21	Genki Taketomi
										29	Yuuki Takekawa
	13	Yudai Tachibana
	20	Alexander Cainglet
						20	Alexander Cainglet
						29	Yuuki Takekawa
	29	Yuuki Takekawa
	4	Wesley Bryan
																					16	Kento Mikata
																					18	Knight Silvayne
	3	Alexander Chong
	30	Yuuho Takimoto
						30	Yuuho Takimoto
						19	Takumi Andou
	19	Takumi Andou
	14	Christopher Tkach
											19	Takumi Andou
										22	Takerou Toyonaga
	11	Grace Arnold
	22	Takerou Toyonaga
						22	Takerou Toyonaga
						27	Whitney Bryan
	27	Whitney Bryan
	6	Shougo Izumi
																22	Takerou Toyonaga
																18	Knight Silvayne
	7	Ikuya Shimizu
	26	Yasuhisa Hosono
						7	Ikuya Shimizu
						10	Atsushi Iwamiya
	23	Aaron Zheng
	10	Atsushi Iwamiya
											7	Ikuya Shimizu
										18	Knight Silvayne
	15	Samuel Hill
	18	Knight Silvayne
						18	Knight Silvayne
						31	Alex Castanares
	31	Alex Castanares
	2	Luis Gonzalez

Senior Division

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship Match
	1	Chihiro Doken
	32	Jeremy Au-Yeung
						32	Jeremy Au-Yeung
						16	Minori Miyauchi
	17	Ray Rizzo
	16	Minori Miyauchi
											16	Minori Miyauchi
										8	Christopher Halordin-Tsai
	9	Kousuke Shimizu
	24	Riho Maeda
						24	Yoshiaki Katsuyama
						8	Christopher Halordin-Tsai
	25	Paul Hornak
	8	Yoshiaki Katsuyama
																8	Christopher Halordin-Tsai
																28	Yasuhito Kajiwara
	26	Taylor Owen
	10	Christopher Halordin-Tsai
						28	Yasuhito Kajiwara
						12	Natsumi Kunisada
	21	Thomas Mifflin
	12	Natsumi Kunisada
											28	Yasuhito Kajiwara
										29	Tomoaki Kondou
	13	Yoshitomo Tanaka
	20	Rick Guerra
						20	Yoshitomo Tanaka
						29	Tomoaki Kondou
	29	Tomoaki Kondou
	4	Satomi Yamada
																					28	Yasuhito Kajiwara
																					23	Izuru Yoshimura
	3	Brian Davila
	30	Christopher Hunter
						3	Brian Davila
						19	Berton Bailey
	19	Berton Bailey
	14	Diego Leon
											19	Berton Bailey
										11	Hideaki Shimizu
	11	Hideaki Shimizu
	22	Satoshi Miyazaki
						11	Hideaki Shimizu
						6	Aren Douglass
	27	Tatsuya Ai
	6	Aren Douglass
																11	Hideaki Shimizu
																23	Izuru Yoshimura
	7	Masataka Ishii
	26	Michael Macias
						7	Masataka Ishii
						23	Izuru Yoshimura
	23	Izuru Yoshimura
	10	Michael Rivera
											23	Izuru Yoshimura
										2	Ryuuji Saitou
	15	Noriko Kimura
	18	Dylan Bryan
						15	Noriko Kimura
						2	Ryuuji Saitou
	31	Marc Esquerra
	2	Ryuuji Saitou

External links

• Home page (archive)
• Updates page (archive)
• Results (archive)

This article is part of both Project Real-Life and Project Games, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on Video Game Championship Tournaments.